lyre

See also: lyře

English

A lyre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/, /laɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
  • Homophones: liar, lier

Noun

lyre (plural lyres)

  1. (music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.

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Further reading

  • lyre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • lyre in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liʁ/
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Noun

lyre f (plural lyres)

  1. lyre
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